BERLIN: Denmark’s Michael Morkov was finally cleared to compete at the track world championships on Saturday after being confined to his hotel room for 34 hours over fears of a coronavirus outbreak. Morkov arrived in Berlin on Thursday from the UAE Tour where the last two stages were scrapped after two Italian team members were suspected of testing positive for the virus. The entire peloton, including four-time Tour de France champion Chris Froome and many of the world’s top riders, were put isolated in their hotel for tests, but UAE Tour organisers said on Saturday that 167 tests had come back negative Morkov had been waiting on the results of those tests before being allowed to cease self-isolation. He is due to ride in Sunday’s madison. Cycling’s governing body the UCI issued a statement saying it was satisfied that Morkov was not a risk. “The person who has been in the United Arab Emirates for the past few days and who is currently in Berlin, has been subject to preventive quota measures, despite the absence of any clinical sign suggesting Covid-19,” it said. Denmark’s national champion Morkov has been training alone on rollers and said he was looking forward to racing. “I feel really good, I don’t believe it will affect my race tomorrow, only in a positive way maybe because I’m more motivated for a good race than I was before,” he said.